PHILADELPHIA
Executives and members of the sales forces of Bailey, Banks & Biddle Co., 1218 Chestnut St.; J. E. Caldwell & Co., Inc., Juniper and Chestnut Sts., and S. Kind & Son, 1110 Chestnut St., were guests at a luncheon given by the Gorham Co. at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel. Miss Alberta E. Brenner spoke on “The Romance of Silver.”
Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - July 1937
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Edmund C. Mayo, president of the Gorham Mfg. Co., and family are at Woods Hole, Mass., for the summer.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - July 1937
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Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - July 1937
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CHICAGO
The news from Providence of Mr. Gorham Thurber’s death was received here with profound regret. He had many admirers in Chicago, and most of these who found the doors of the branch warerooms here closed on the day of his funeral did not know until then that the honored treasurer of The Gorham Co. was at rest.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - October 1888
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The news from Providence of Mr. Gorham Thurber’s death was received here with profound regret. He had many admirers in Chicago, and most of these who found the doors of the branch warerooms here closed on the day of his funeral did not know until then that the honored treasurer of The Gorham Co. was at rest.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - October 1888
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Obituary
GORHAM THURBER
The death of Gorham Thurber, on September 7th, removes another of the prominent men of the jewelry trade. Gorham Thurber was born in Providence in April, 1825, and during his entire life lived in that city. His father was Dexter Thurber, a well-known citizen and business man of the part known as North End. During his early youth Mr. Thurber was connected with the Franklin foundry as a clerk, and later, in 1850, went into partnership with his cousin John Gorham, as silversmiths, the Gorhams having been established since 1792. In 1865 the Gorham Manufacturing Company was established as the successor to Gorham & Co., which latter firm had succeeded Gorham & Thurber in 1852. Mr. Thurber occupied the position of treasurer, which he held until last July, when Mr. Holbrook succeeded him in that office. It was partly the efforts and wisdom of Gorham Thurber that made the Gorham Mfg. Co. what it is to-day, the foremost silverware house of the world. He cared for the finances of the house and to him partly belongs the credit of carrying the firm through the exigencies of several periods of panic and depressions in trade. The immediate cause of his death was a failure of the heart’s action. Last July he made a trip to Europe and returned in August seemingly in the best of health. It was at a meeting of the stockholders of a cable railway company in which he was interested that he was suddenly prostrated by illness in the form of collapse, with cessation of pulse. Dr. Gardner was summoned at once, and Mr. Thurber was removed to his home, but, although conscious to the last, the patient did not rally. The physician attributes his death primarily to indigestion, which caused a blood vessel to burst, a clot to form and be carried to the heart, resulting in stopping the heart’s action. Mr. Thurber leaves a widow and five children, three sons and two daughters. Mrs. Thurber’s maiden name was Miss L. L. Herbert, of Rowley, Mass. The sons and daughters are: Williamm H. Thurber, of the firm of Tilden, Thurber & Co., of Providence; Dexter Thurber, of the house of Bradstreet, Thurber & Co., of Minneapolis; Edmund G. Thurber, New York City, Mrs. Charles H. Sprague, of Providence, who is the eldest of the two daughters, and Miss Alice Thurber. The deceased was a member of the Board of Trade and of the Commercial Club. The funeral was held on Monday, Sept. 10th, from his residence and was largely attended. The pall bearers were Messrs. Fred. I. Marcy, Gorham Pomeroy, George T. Paine and Charles H. George.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - October 1888
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GORHAM THURBER
The death of Gorham Thurber, on September 7th, removes another of the prominent men of the jewelry trade. Gorham Thurber was born in Providence in April, 1825, and during his entire life lived in that city. His father was Dexter Thurber, a well-known citizen and business man of the part known as North End. During his early youth Mr. Thurber was connected with the Franklin foundry as a clerk, and later, in 1850, went into partnership with his cousin John Gorham, as silversmiths, the Gorhams having been established since 1792. In 1865 the Gorham Manufacturing Company was established as the successor to Gorham & Co., which latter firm had succeeded Gorham & Thurber in 1852. Mr. Thurber occupied the position of treasurer, which he held until last July, when Mr. Holbrook succeeded him in that office. It was partly the efforts and wisdom of Gorham Thurber that made the Gorham Mfg. Co. what it is to-day, the foremost silverware house of the world. He cared for the finances of the house and to him partly belongs the credit of carrying the firm through the exigencies of several periods of panic and depressions in trade. The immediate cause of his death was a failure of the heart’s action. Last July he made a trip to Europe and returned in August seemingly in the best of health. It was at a meeting of the stockholders of a cable railway company in which he was interested that he was suddenly prostrated by illness in the form of collapse, with cessation of pulse. Dr. Gardner was summoned at once, and Mr. Thurber was removed to his home, but, although conscious to the last, the patient did not rally. The physician attributes his death primarily to indigestion, which caused a blood vessel to burst, a clot to form and be carried to the heart, resulting in stopping the heart’s action. Mr. Thurber leaves a widow and five children, three sons and two daughters. Mrs. Thurber’s maiden name was Miss L. L. Herbert, of Rowley, Mass. The sons and daughters are: Williamm H. Thurber, of the firm of Tilden, Thurber & Co., of Providence; Dexter Thurber, of the house of Bradstreet, Thurber & Co., of Minneapolis; Edmund G. Thurber, New York City, Mrs. Charles H. Sprague, of Providence, who is the eldest of the two daughters, and Miss Alice Thurber. The deceased was a member of the Board of Trade and of the Commercial Club. The funeral was held on Monday, Sept. 10th, from his residence and was largely attended. The pall bearers were Messrs. Fred. I. Marcy, Gorham Pomeroy, George T. Paine and Charles H. George.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - October 1888
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The will of the late Gorham Thurber was sent to the Municipal Court last week. It was dated May 27, 1887, and covered fourteen pages of legal cap. His son, William H. Thurber, his son-in-law, Chas. S. Sprague, and his friend, George T. Paine, were named as trustees. The testator directs that a trust fund be created out of the estate for the benefit of the widow and the five children, with exceptions of articles of personal property, bequeathed to be shared by all alike at the end of five years. In case of widow this is to be in lieu of dower; the gentlemen named above are also executors. The widow is requested to make certain disposition of property and stocks to come in for her benefit under the trusteeship.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - October 1888
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Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - October 1888
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Colin D. Barrett, 57, who died recently at his home in Watertown, Conn., was employed as a designer for more than 20 years at the Gorham Mfg. Co. and was a former faculty member of the Rhode Island School of Design.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - July 1937
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Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - July 1937
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HENRY H. MOULTON
Providence — Funeral services were held in this city Feb. 11 for Henry Holden Moulton, head of the New York office of the Gorham Co., affiliate of the Gorham Mfg. Co., who died suddenly at his home in New Rochelle, N. Y.
Mr. Moulton had resided in this city prior to the time when he took up his residence in New Rochelle many years ago. He had been associated with the Gorham concern for 50 years, having started there as an office boy at the age of 17.
He rose through many positions with the company to the post of sales manager and later was given charge of the New York office.
Surviving Mr. Moulton are his wife, Rhena, a brother, Edward S. Moulton, and a niece, Mrs. Frederick Lloyd Young.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - March 1939
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Providence — Funeral services were held in this city Feb. 11 for Henry Holden Moulton, head of the New York office of the Gorham Co., affiliate of the Gorham Mfg. Co., who died suddenly at his home in New Rochelle, N. Y.
Mr. Moulton had resided in this city prior to the time when he took up his residence in New Rochelle many years ago. He had been associated with the Gorham concern for 50 years, having started there as an office boy at the age of 17.
He rose through many positions with the company to the post of sales manager and later was given charge of the New York office.
Surviving Mr. Moulton are his wife, Rhena, a brother, Edward S. Moulton, and a niece, Mrs. Frederick Lloyd Young.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - March 1939
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"Get Out the Vote’ Campaign Prepared for Gorham Dealers
Gorham Co. dealers have an opportunity to gain community interest plus increased sales this election year as a result of the “Get Out the Vote” advertising and merchandising campaign launched by The Gorham Co.
In cooperation with local League of Women Voters groups, dealers are setting up Gorham “Get Out the Vote” headquarters at key traffic points in their stores. Offered to the community and customers are free, helpful information on voting procedure and “do-it-yourself” diagrams of Gorham’s “Cracker Barrel” buffet table setting and “Political Hash” recipe, featuring sterling flatware patterns and hollowware.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - November 1952
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Gorham Co. dealers have an opportunity to gain community interest plus increased sales this election year as a result of the “Get Out the Vote” advertising and merchandising campaign launched by The Gorham Co.
In cooperation with local League of Women Voters groups, dealers are setting up Gorham “Get Out the Vote” headquarters at key traffic points in their stores. Offered to the community and customers are free, helpful information on voting procedure and “do-it-yourself” diagrams of Gorham’s “Cracker Barrel” buffet table setting and “Political Hash” recipe, featuring sterling flatware patterns and hollowware.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - November 1952
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Richard W. Farr, who was indicted by the March session of the Grand Jury on a charge of forgery, and who was accused of forging an assignment of pay of one of the employes of the Gorham Co., was sentenced to three years at hard labor in the State prison, Friday, by Judge Sterans, in the Superior Court. The attorney-general, who personally conducted the prosecution, refrained from asking for a maximum sentence.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st April 1908
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Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st April 1908
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The Gorham Company - Providence, R.I. - 1927
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The Gorham Company - Providence, R.I. - 1937
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PROVIDENCE
At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Gorham Savings Bank, Thomas J. Docker was elected president; Henry V. Gardiner, vice-president ; David Berquist, clerk and treasurer.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - September 1933
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At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Gorham Savings Bank, Thomas J. Docker was elected president; Henry V. Gardiner, vice-president ; David Berquist, clerk and treasurer.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - September 1933
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The Gorham Company - Providence, R.I. - 1933
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JAMES CROSSMAN CONKLIN
James Crossman Conklin, an assistant manager of the Gorham Co. store at 17 Maiden Lane, died Aug. 24, in the Huntington, L. I., hospital, after a long illness, following an operation more than a year ago. Mr. Conklin had been with the Gorham Co. for 32 years, always in the downtown establishment. He held previous employment with J. T. Scott & Co. and Cross & Beglium. He was in charge of the jewelry department of the Gorham Co. for more than ten years.
Mr. Conklin, who was aged 61, lived all his life at Huntington. His widow, Mrs. Ella Price Conklin, and a sister, Mrs. Aldrich Sammis, of Huntington, survive.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - September 1937
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James Crossman Conklin, an assistant manager of the Gorham Co. store at 17 Maiden Lane, died Aug. 24, in the Huntington, L. I., hospital, after a long illness, following an operation more than a year ago. Mr. Conklin had been with the Gorham Co. for 32 years, always in the downtown establishment. He held previous employment with J. T. Scott & Co. and Cross & Beglium. He was in charge of the jewelry department of the Gorham Co. for more than ten years.
Mr. Conklin, who was aged 61, lived all his life at Huntington. His widow, Mrs. Ella Price Conklin, and a sister, Mrs. Aldrich Sammis, of Huntington, survive.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - September 1937
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